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| Wrestler:
| Sonny King |
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Larry Johnson??? |
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Johnny Valentine
Roddy Piper
Ric Flair
King Curtis
Baron Scicluna
Johnny Valentine
Buddy Landel
Professor Tanaka
Ox Baker
Big Red
Tojo Yamamoto
Robert Gibson
Koko B Ware
Jerry Lawler |
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WWWF Tag Team titles w/Chief Jay Strongbow defeating Baron Mikel Scicluna & King Curtis (May 1972);
NWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Frank Morrell (1980);
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Sonny King was a boxer before turning to wrestling..
Early-1970s: Sonny King worked for Vince McMahon Sr's World Wide Wrestling Federation..
May 1972: Sonny King & Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & King Curtis to win the WWWF Tag Team titles..
1974: Sonny King came into Jim Crockett's Mid Atlantic territor as the supposed relative of Bearcat Wright..
1980: Sonny King & Frank Morrell won the NWA Southern Tag Team titles..
Early 1982: Sonny King suffered a serious injury due to a stabbing incident outside the Charlotte Coliseum..
Late 1982: Sonny King returned to wrestling in Memphis, where he served as manager for The Samoans, Arn Anderson, and others..
Sonny King was recognized as a shooter who would stretch mouthy rookies or those he caught exposing the wrestling world..
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